(v.) to calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve

Syn: reduce, alleviate, moderate

(adj.) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant

Syn: egregious, unmitigated

(n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure;

(v.) to waste away

Syn: (n.) degeneration, deterioration; (v.) wither

(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace

Syn: unoriginal

(n.) a fortified place, stronghold

Syn: citadel, rampart, bulwark, parapet

(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way;

(n.) petty, nagging criticism

Syn: nit-picking

(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

Syn: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive

(n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact,

covenant

(adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree;

(v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection

Syn: (adj.) masterful; (v.) clinch, conclude

(adj.) festive, sociable, having fun together, genial

Syn: fun-loving, jovial, merry

(n.) belief, mental acceptance

Syn: credit, trust, confidence

(v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially

Syn: depict, picture, render

(adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles

Syn: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt

(n.) disorder, confusion;

(v.) to throw into disorder

Syn: (n.) disorganization; (v.) dishevel, mess up

(adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

Syn: frantic, distracted

(n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a step-like formation or arrangement

Syn: level, rank

(v.) to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details

Syn: ornament, garnish

(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

Syn: copy, mimic

(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from

Syn: abstain from, steer clear of

(n.) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency

Syn: requirement, crisis

(adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way

Syn: silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous

(adj.) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable

Syn: feeble, helpless, incompetent, ineffectual

(n.) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people

Syn: floating wreckage

(adj.) frenzied, highly agitated

Syn: frantic, overwrought

(adj.) done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen

Syn: clandestine, covert, surreptitious

(adj.) glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way

Syn: gaudy, flashy, tawdry

(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

Syn: pertinent

(v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers

Syn: collect, cull, pick up

(n.) a type of game bird; a complaint;

(v.) to complain, grumble

Syn: (v.) gripe, kvetch, bellyache

(v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere

Syn: venerate, bless

(v.) to imprison, confine, fail

Syn: intern, immure

(adj.) obligatory, required;

(n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

Syn: (adj.) mandatory, necessary

(adj.) needy, impoverished

Syn: penniless, poverty-stricken, destitute

(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

Syn: unquenchable

(adj.) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

Syn: waggish, facetious, droll, witty

(n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path

(adj.) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted

Syn: listless, indolent, indifferent, lax

(adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd

Syn: risible, preposterous

(adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject

Syn: grotesque, grim, ghoulish

(adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh

Syn: acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic, scathing

(adj.) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary

Syn: prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary

(adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

Syn: iniquitous, reprehensible

(n.) a prickly or stinging plant;

(v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely

Syn: (v.) peeve, annoy, incense, gall, irk

(n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference

Syn: shade, nicety, refinement

(n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

Syn: lack

(adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money

Syn: monetary, financial

(n.) a strong attraction or inclination

Syn: proclivity, propensity, predilection

(adj.) of little value or importance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small-minded

Syn: inconsequential, piddling, trifling

(adj.) developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic

Syn: original, primeval, primal

(adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

Syn: craven, lily-livered

(v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out

Syn: pull down, demolish, shave off

(adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting

Syn: prone, prostrate, supine, inactive

(adj.) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation;

(part.) alleged

Syn: putative, reputable, supposed

(v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully

Syn: permeate, drench, flood, imbue

(adj.) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood

Syn: sullen, morose

(n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end

Syn: ruse, trick, ploy, subterfuge

(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to

Syn: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate

(adj.) present or existing everywhere

Syn: omnipresent, pervasive, universal

(adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

Syn: idealistic

(n.) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense of content, wordiness; a manner of expression

Syn: verbosity, prolixity, diction, jargon